Tailor&#39;s measuring device.



No. 646,498. Paten'ted Apr 3,1900. LECIEJEWSKI.

TAILORS MEASURING DEVICE.

(Application filed Oct. 12, 1;;99.

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TAILORS MEASURING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,498, dated April 3,1900. Application filed October 12, 1899. Serial No- 733,536. (Nomodel.)

To all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHANN LECIEJEWSKI, a subject of the King ofPrussia, Emperor of Germany, residing at Rawitsch, in Posen, in theKingdom of Prussia and German Empire, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Measuring Devices for the Human Body, (for whichI have applied for a patent in Germany, dated March 10, 1899,) of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for obtaining the principalmeasurements of the trunk of the human body. With its assistance theprincipal measurements of the body for tailoring purposes can betaken,and it can likewise be ascertained whether any given person has anormal figure and eventually how far the figure differs from a normalone. principal measurements and the figure are both determined fromabout the middle of the length of the trunkin both directions at thesame time.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating this invention, Figure 1represents the device in perspective in the position it takes on thebody. Figs. 2 and 3 show the application of the device for the purposeof taking the principal measurements of a normal figure, and Figs. 4, 5,and 6 show the use of the device for the purpose of ascertaining to whatdegree certain deformed figures differ from a normal one.

The device, as will be seen from Fig. 1, consists, first, of a measuringtape or band a, on which the 0 point is at the middle of its length andthe centimeter or other divisions rise toward each end. At suitablepoints in the band holes a are provided, that are strengthened by metalrings.

The device consists, secondly, of a second band a, on which, as on theband a, the 0 point is marked at the middle point and thecentimeter-divisions rise toward each end. On each end of this band a isa slide g, that is provided with a number of buttons.

The device consists, further, of two measuring-bands 01, each providedwith a hook at the top end and with centimeter-divisions in,- oreasingtoward the lower ends. To the lower end of each of these bands aweightis secured by a ring or other contrivance.

In order to obtain the principal measure- The ments with this device,the band a is so placed around the shoulders that the 0 point I), Fig.3, coincides with the cervical vertebra, and the two ends are passedunder the arms and across the back, so as to meet each other, and aresecured together by suitable means, as shown in Fig. 3, With theassistance of the band placed around the body in this manner it is easyto obtain the principal measurements-as, for example, the exact positionof the spine, the depth of the arm, the

diameter of the arm, and the width of the shoulders. Further, with thisband it can be ascertained whether the upper part of the body issymmetrical or not, and, if not, exactly at What point the defect lies.After thefirst band a is in position the second .band a is placed aroundthe body in the proximity of the thighs in order to obtain themeasurements of the Waist. By hooking the bands cl in correspondingholes a of theband a they will take a perpendicular position inconsequence of the weights f and show on the band a whether, and if soto what degree, the body is inclined to the right or left, Fig. at.Further, by the position of the perpendicular bands it can likewise beseen whether the body is bent backward or forward, Fig. 5. The slides gare moved along the band a so as to coincide with the division crossedby the perpendicular bands cl and secured'in position by pressing thebuttons into the corresponding holes of the bands cl.

It will be evident without explanation that the height of the waist andmany other measurements can be taken with this device.

"What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United.States, is

1. In a measuring device, the combination with the band ahavingperipherallyrdisposed holes, the band a provided withmeasuringdivisions, and the bands cl having hooks to engage the holes inband a and weighted free ends, substantially as described.

2. In a measuring device, the combination with the band a and bands 01provided with means for detachably securing them to said band a, and theband ctprovided with measuring-divisions and slides g, substantially asdescribed.

. 3. A measuring device, especially suitable for measuring deformedhuman figures, consisting of two measuring-bands a, (1/, having hooks attheir upper ends that can be hooked the 0 point at the middle of theirlength, of which the one a is placed over the shoulders, under the armsand across the back, where the ends are secured together, giving theprincipal measurements of this part of the body, and the other a isplaced around the body in the proximity of the thighs, giving themeasurements of the Waist; and of two measuring-bands cl, to the lowerends of which Weights f are attached and having into holes provided inthe band (0 so that the defects of the body can be measured by therelative position of the perpendicular band (I I 5 and band a,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses. J OHANN LEOIEJEWSKI. W'itnesses:

CARL WEBER, HERMANN BARTSCI-I.

